A road trip around a nuclear plant where language itself melts down.
On the eve of her 16th birthday, a daughter and her dad drive around the perimeter of a nuclear power plant, reading books, and creating seemingly harmless nonsense games. The film invokes the erosion of language, the failure of mentorship, and the threat of the abyss.
Direction
Poole turns a car into existential purgatory.
Writing
Nonsense dialogue that somehow devastates.
Cinematography
Nuclear perimeter as apocalyptic domestic backdrop.
Director
Aaron Poole
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title nods to Dadaism's anti-art rebellion, mirroring the film's assault on narrative coherence and father-as-authority.
The 'Purple Mother' and 'Purple Daughter' suggest Kai's fractured perception—she's witnessing her own possible futures through other families.
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